!
Eagle’s Cry
The Paonia Elementary School Newsletter
Mark Your Calendar
School News
March
3/9 12:40 Early Release Day
3/10 6th Grade Knowledge
Bowl
3/11 5th/6th Grade Powderhorn
Ski Day
Powderhorn Ski Day
Friday is the day our 5th and 6th graders will be
skiing/snowboarding at Powderhorn. If your child is going on
this trip please make sure they wear snow pants, snow jacket,
gloves, goggles/sunglasses, and sunscreen. Students will also
need to bring a sack lunch or around $15 for lunch at the ski
lodge. Remember we leave PES at 6:55 am and return around
5:45 pm.
3/11 End of 3rd Quarter
3/13 Daylight Savings Begins
3/17 3:00 Kindergarten Play
3/18 2:30 PARCC dogtag
assembly
3/21 6:00 PPO Meeting
3/22 Report Cards Go Home
3/25 Talent Show Auditions
Information in the Office
There are flyers available at the
front office for the following
programs:
ü Kids classes at the Blue
Sage Center
ü Horseback lessons from
the North Fork Riding
School
March 8, 2016
3rd-6th grade Colorado State Testing
Our annual state student assessments begin this month. This
year Colorado students will be taking PARCC (3rd-6th grade
Language Arts and Math) and CMAS (5th grade Science) tests.
Each scheduled day of testing will include one testing session
of approximately 60 minutes.
Here is a
3rd
4th
5th
6th
schedule of Paonia Elementary testing dates:
Grade: April 12-21
Grade: April 12-21
Grade: March 21-29, April 25-27
Grade: March 21-29
Talent Show on the Horizon
PES and NFSIS will be hosting the second annual ‘Eagles Got
Talent’ talent show. This year we are expanding the event!
We will be hosting the event on Friday, April 22nd at the PHS
Commons at 6:00 pm. The talent show is for 3rd-6th grade
student performers from PES and NFSIS. We only have room
for 20 acts, so we will be holding auditions on Friday, March
25th. Please see the enclosed flyer for more information and a
permission slip.
Principal’s Message
Paonia Parents Organization News
PES recognizes the impact that regular school
attendance has on student achievement, and we are
committed in our efforts to promote student
attendance. Typically, every day that a student
misses school they get more than two days behind
their peers because they must make up missed
learning and catch up with new learning at the
same time. Here are some tips on how to promote
your child’s attendance at school:
• Let your child know that you think school is
important.
• Take an interest in your child’s schoolwork.
• Provide regular times and a quiet, clean area for
doing homework.
• Provide a regular bedtime schedule.
• Don’t expect older children to stay home and act
as babysitters for younger children.
• Set good examples and enforce rules.
• Post the school calendar and notes on the
refrigerator, or another prominent location.
• Balance extracurricular activities.
• If your child starts to miss school, speak to the
school and let your child know that he/she must
attend.
Please look for your Yankee Candle
fundraising information in this week’s Tuesday
Express. We are excited to try this fundraiser in
order to raise funds for a makeover of our school
gym. Students need to return their order forms by
March 22nd, so that we can have all orders ready to
go by Mother’s Day. Thank you for helping support
PES!
We are also continuing our preparations for
the Spring Talent Show. We will be hosting the
Talent Show on Friday, April 22nd at PHS for 3rd-6th
grade performers. There will be K-2nd grade artwork
on display at the high school as well. If you’re
interested in helping organize the talent show, please
contact Mr. Cox. More info is in this week’s Tuesday
Express.
Our next PPO meeting will be on Monday,
March 21st at 6:00 pm at LOUIE’S PIZZA if their
construction is complete and they reopen. We will
not have child care at this meeting. Bring a friend!
Fridays are School Spirit Days!
Show your school spirit every Friday by wearing our
school colors – red and black. Of course if you have
Paonia Elementary School shirts you can wear those,
but any red and black is great to wear! We have
sweatshirts, shirts, duffel bags, magnets, windshield
screens, and more! You can shop at Lasting
Impressions in Paonia and 1440 Sports in Delta to
look for all of your Eagles Gear!
Parent Involvement Drawing
After reading this Eagle’s Cry, please fill out the coupon below with the names of each child in your family and return it
to school. PPO sponsors this drawing to encourage parent involvement. Each child in the winning family receives $1.
Thanks for being a faithful reader!
Please cut off the coupon on this line.
I’ve read the March 8th Eagle’s Cry. Please enter this coupon in the newsletter drawing.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Names of children)
(Parent signature)